{"id":182420,"date":"2016-04-06T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=182420"},"modified":"2024-02-25T16:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T16:35:39","slug":"1913-bugatti-type-18-black-bess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1913-bugatti-type-18-black-bess\/","title":{"rendered":"1913 Bugatti Type 18 \u2018Black Bess\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">1913 Bugatti Type 18 \u2018Black Bess\u2019<\/h1>\n<div class=\"socialBar\">\n<p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">Of all the prewar Bugattis, this Type 18 is the most distinguished and maybe even the most famous. It is also one of the rare five-liter models first sold to aviator Roland Garros. 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